BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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of its water and sewer system, and the right and authority
to negotiate with any public agency and to make contracts
with such agency, including the government of the United
States or any bureau or department thereof; provided that
[on and after June 30, 1968] except as otherwise provided
herein, THE above provisions shall not apply in Montgomery
County, with the exception of that portion of the City of
Takoma Park now situated in Montgomery County, OR TO THOSE
PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF BOWIE OVER WHICH THE WASHINGTON
SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION HAD JURISDICTION PRICE TO JULY
1, 1978, WITH RESPECT TO STORM AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE.

3-8. (66-3-8 and 3-8)

The said commission may determine, upon petition, or
its own motion that one or more areas in the sanitary
district, in the interest of the public health, welfare and
safety is in need of a storm water or surface water drainage
system. After having made said determination, the
commission shall advertise in not less than two issues in
any newspaper published in the county in which said drainage
area lies, that the commission has determined to construct
in the area determined upon, or a part thereof, a drainage
system, giving in said advertisement the approximate cost
and the general area affected, and advising those interested
that a hearing will be held by the commission at a time and
place named in said advertisement at which all interested
parties will be heard. The commission shall be prepared to
exhibit at such hearing a plan for said drainage area or a
part thereof, including the length and size of pipe and the
approximate cost. If, after such hearing, the commission
determines that the public health and welfare requires the
construction of said system, it shall thereupon proceed with
such construction, either by contract, publicly advertised
or by its own force, or under its own supervision as it
deems desirable and more economical; provided that [on and
after Jure 30, 1968], except as otherwise provided
herein[.], this section shall net apply in Montgomery
County, with the exception of that portion of the City of
Takoma Park now situated in Montgomery County, OR TO THOSE
PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF BOWIE OVER WHICH THE WASHINGTON
SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION HAD JURISDICTION PRIOR TO JULY
1, 1978, WITH RESPECT TO STORM AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE.

3-9. (86-3-9 and 3-9)

The commission, or after July 30, 1968 in Montgomery
County, except for that portion of the City of Takoma Park
now situated in Montgomery County, the county council, OR
AFTER JULY 1, 1978, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BOWIE,
WITH RESPECT TO THOSE PORTIONS OF THE CITY WHICH HAD BEEN
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY
COMMISSION PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1978, FOR PURPOSES OF STORM AND
SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE CONTROL, may require any owner or
developer of a subdivision or tract of land upon which
dwellings, apartments, stores or other buildings, are to be
erected to contribute what it deems to be a fair share of
the cost of a drainage project before it approves or